Libertarian hi-jinksAs mentioned before, last election I was a volunteer for the Libertarian Carla Howell for Governor campaign here in Massachusetts. Howell was also the main proponent of the Yes on 1 campaign to abolish the state income tax, which got a bit of national media attention for getting 45% of the vote. This was part of a political science class assignment at Boston University in which I had to work for either a campaign or interest group. The professor, Betty Zisk, was very liberal and certainly steered the class into working for liberal groups (her list of contacts for interest groups had no conservative groups), so I decided to work for someone whom she would dislike. One thing I learn from working with the Libertarians, about whom I know little before, is that they're kind of nuts, even though I agree with them on a lot of issues. Since then, I have received regular emails from the Howell camp. Some of them are quite amusing (again, in the Sports Guy unintentional comedy way). And since we were on the subject of those who don't fit into "left" and "right" labels and I just received two emails in the last twenty-four hours from them, I thought I'd post parts of the emails. This first bit is on the ballot initiative in the town of Waltham to cut property taxes by $40 million, from lieutenant governor candidate Ruch Aucoin: As Election Day draws closer, our tax cut measure is stealing the election show, freaking out bureaucrats and union parasites - whileWe get people fired! That's the Libertarian way! The other email is on Carla Howell's decision whether to enter the presidential race or not. You might not know it, but there's a groundswell of support for her to run (really, there is!). But today she announces that she's not running: To decide whether or not to seek the Libertarian PresidentialGeorge Bush, you can stop worrying now. |
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